OTTAWA: Canada stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Materials and Energy sectors led shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.04%. The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TO:WTE), which rose 5.18% or 1.08 points to trade at 21.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) added 4.58% or 0.350 points to end at 8.000 and MAG Silver Corp . (TO:MAG) was up 4.08% or 0.63 points to 16.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ShawCor Ltd . (TO:SCL), which fell 2.87% or 0.87 points to trade at 29.47 at the close. Eldorado Gold Corporation (TO:ELD) declined 2.81% or 0.13 points to end at 4.50 and Genworth MI Canada Inc . (TO:MIC) was down 2.39% or 0.77 points to 31.40. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 577 to 521 and 155 ended unchanged. The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.91% to 12.53. Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.82% or 10.35 to $1266.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.82% or 0.89 to hit $49.79 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.36% or 0.70 to trade at $52.16 a barrel. CAD/USD was up 0.24% to 0.7434, while CAD/EUR rose 0.57% to 0.6653. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 97.36.
